CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                       SECTION 906 (18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350)
                        OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In  connection  with  the Quarterly Report of Emeritus Corporation, a Washington
corporation  (the  "Company"),  on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
2003,  as  filed  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof
(the  "Form  10-Q"),  I,  Raymond  R. Brandstrom, Chief Financial Officer of the
Company,  certify,  pursuant  to  18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section  906  of  the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act  of  2002,  that:


1.     The  Form  10-Q  fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d)  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

2.     The  information  contained  in  the  Form  10-Q  fairly presents, in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and results of operations of the
Company.




                                             /s/    Raymond  R.  Brandstrom
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                                            Raymond  R.  Brandstrom
                                            Chief  Financial  Officer
                                            November  7,  2003


A  signed  original  of this written statement required by Section 906, or other
document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that
appears  in  typed  form within the electronic version of this written statement
required  by  Section 906, has been provided to Emeritus Corporation and will be
retained  by  Emeritus  Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission  or  its  staff  upon  request."